Grants
Grant Information
Grants
Quality Communities Grant Program
OML and the OU Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) partner to offer the annual Quality Communities Grant Program. This grant will assist recipients with up to 50% of the funding needed for projects selected by the IQC. For more information contact Nancee Morris.
Find out more here: http://iqc.ou.edu/projects/howitworks/
Other Grants:
US Department of Agriculture Rural Development Programs (.pdf)
Application deadline: March 3, 2025
Application deadline: February 18, 2025, for letters of intent
Application deadline: March 19, 2025, for initial self-nominations
Application deadline: Applications are accepted quarterly in January, April, July, and October.
Application deadline: Applications will be accepted from January 10 to March 3, 2025.
Application deadline: February 23, 2025, for eligibility forms
Application deadline: March 14, 2025
Application deadline: March 1, annually
Application deadline: None, although national grant requests received prior to May 1 will be considered by the end of the second quarter of each year
Application deadline: February 28, 2025
TSET, the folks that manage the tobacco settlement money for the state of Oklahoma, have grants available for municipalities.
Two of these grants have February 2025 deadlines and one is March of 2025.
Application deadline: None (Applicants that wish to be considered for the Foundation’s first review of the calendar year should apply by January 8.)
Application deadline: Applications may be submitted between April 1 and December 31, annually.
Application deadline: October 14, 2024, and March 3 and August 4, 2025, for funding inquiry forms (Loans and technical assistance applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.)
Application deadline: Applications are accepted from September 1 to November 1, annually.
Application deadline: March 1 and September 1, annually
Application deadline: Early March and early September, annually, for letters of interest
Application deadlines: The remaining quarterly deadlines for 2024 are June 30, September 30, and December 15.
See the Newest Grants Posted for Your Organization on the Grant Watch Website
Grant Writing Tips
The Nonprofit Times published these helpful grant writing tips. Print them off and read them before you start your next grant application.
· Do your homework. Pay close attention to the guidelines, policies, and procedures. Don't try to "fit" your organization or program into the guidelines simply to obtain funding.
· Keep it simple. Be concise in all correspondence, particularly the cover letter. Make it a maximum of three pages, and summarize the organization, the purpose of the request, and other pertinent information.
· Be Relevant. Demonstrate how organization or project benefits the company -- do not approach simply on the basis of being a customer of the company.
· Be accountable. Think scope and impact -- and be honest. Quantify, and tie the project to specific targets and dates. Provide a cost-benefit analysis.
· Writing matters. Funders receive a significant number of requests. Make it an easy read for them. Proposals should be organized, well-written, and grammatically correct.
· Proof read. Are all required items addressed and space limits met? Other common errors: sent to right person/address but wrong company name, or a recipient no longer with the company.
· Be patient. Do not call the day after the proposal is submitted. Due to the significant volume of requests, particularly for corporate foundations, it will require time to manage.
· Trust the application process. Going outside the application process to get a proposal considered will eventually come back to haunt you.
· Take each year as if it is the first. Past funding is no guarantee of future support.
· Be a friend to the environment. Send one copy unless told otherwise. No three-ring binders. Send videotapes only if necessary.